[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39705: Reverse the order in which the Travis jobs run

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#39705: Reverse the order in which the Travis jobs run
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 Reporter:  johnbillion       |      Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  low               |  Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                    |
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 The Travis jobs within a build run in the order in which they're specified
 in `.travis.yml`. This means that the WordPress tests run on the oldest
 version of PHP first (5.2) and the newest version last (7.1). As a
 ''general rule'', this means the slowest test jobs run first because each
 subsequent version of PHP is faster than the previous.

 This order should be reversed so that when a committer is patiently
 waiting for a Travis build to complete, they are at least more likely to
 see unexpected failures earlier than they otherwise would.

 The disadvantage is that 5.2-specific failures would take longer to
 appear, but these are relatively infrequent.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39705>
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